Design

A Simple Distraction Leads to Devastating Consquences By Ann-Christine Diaz AT&T’s “It Can Wait” campaign hasn’t pulled any punches in educating cellphone users about the dangers of texting and driving. Previously, the company and BBDO New York tapped director Werner Herzog to document the lives of real people whose lives were shattered by texting-related accidents. … Continue reading →

“Capitalism, it turns out, will not be abolished by forced-march techniques. It will be abolished by creating something more dynamic that exists, at first, almost unseen within the old system, but which will break through, reshaping the economy around new values and behaviours. I call this postcapitalism…”. – Paul Mason Zoran Opalic: Could we call … Continue reading →

Freelancer.com, the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace, today announced the release of Showcase™ — a cross-platform design gallery of millions of portfolio items in an easily browsable format, allowing freelancers to show off their quality work to employers. Freelancer.com already holds one of the world’s largest troves of quality design content from seven million … Continue reading →

From fast-paced metropolitan cities to beach towns outlined by oceans and palm trees, each city possesses its own character and charm. Designer and Illustrator Hyo Taek Kim creates The Colors of Cities, a 10-city series including Amsterdam, New York, Paris, Phuket, London, Los Angeles, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo. Each poster illustrates the colorful … Continue reading →

You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover – but your readers certainly will. If your book doesn’t look great on the outside, people are going to be much less likely to take a peek inside. Make sure that you have the best cover for your book and there is a perfect place to find … Continue reading →

Sync is a file sync and share tool based on BitTorrent technology. As it does not use servers, it is up to 16x faster than cloud based services. This makes it ideal to do the heavy lifting for photographers, graphic designers, videographers and others in production roles. It is also more cost efficient, fully private … Continue reading →

created by designer and illustrator Hyo Taek Kim Totoro, Spirited Away, and The Wind Rises are just a few of Hayao Miyazaki’s noteworthy films that captivate the hearts of viewers worldwide. Inspired by Miyazaki, the creator of childhood dreams, designer Hyo Kim creates “The Colors of,” a collection of color palette posters for ten of Miyazaki’s greatest works.

Corporations increasingly view graphic design as a core strategic business competency in a highly competitive climate, and they are challenging their in-house designers to supply far more than a service or support function. Their new role is to provide sound solutions to real-world business pressures. Managing Corporate Design addresses—head-on—these new challenges in a highly practical … Continue reading →

Text by Hannah Martin l Photography Olson Kundig Architects For the better part of the 19th century, Tacoma, Washington, a port city on Puget Sound just south of Seattle, was the last stop on the Northern Pacific Railroad. Now, AD100 architect Tom Kundig of firm Olson Kundig references the city’s rail-meets-water status in the just-opened 16,000-square-foot … Continue reading →